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- Windows 11 — Should you Upgrade?
- Have Microsoft Word Read Your Document Aloud
- Microsoft Announces New Surface Devices
- Weston Technology Solutions To Undergo International MSP & Cloud Certification
- Changes Coming to Duo Mobile App
- Office 365 Price Increases Coming Next Year
- How to Share Your Outlook Calendar
- Microsoft Unifying OneNote Experience
- Secure Yourself on Public WiFi
- Coming Soon to Office 365
- Equipment Availability: Parts Shortages Across The Board
- Is Using a Managed IT Service A Risk to My Business?
- Convert a Teams Message into a Task
- Create a Custom Style in Microsoft Word
- New Visual Style for Office
- Happy Independence Day
- Microsoft 365 News Features and Tips
- WestonBlock Security Awareness Training
- Set an Out of Office Auto Reply Message in Teams
- How To Proof Selected Text in Word
- Meet a Team Member: Connor Smith
- Present in Teams Directly from PowerPoint
- Microsoft Teams Keyboard Shortcuts
- Truly Random Numbers in Excel
- Create Custom Teams Together Modes
- Equipment Shortages Are Still Happening
- Outlook Email Issue
- Tech Tip: How To Record a Teams Meeting
- How To Spotlight Someone in Teams
- Tech Terms Explained: What is DNS?
- Insert Drawings on Word for the Web
- Transcribe Audio Files with Word Online
- AutoStart a Presentation in PowerPoint
- Easily Transform Word Docs to PowerPoint Presentations
- Improvements to Excel Online
- Microsoft Exchange Email Vulnerabilities
- Microsoft Service Alerts
- Tech Tip: Use Outlook Rules to Automate Your Inbox
- Loads of Teams Headlines, Features and Tips
- Tech Tip: Automatically Check Spelling Before You Send an Email in Outlook
- Meet a Team Member: Patrice Bernal
- SBA Extends COVID Loan Deadline
- Tech Tip: Linking Reusable Text Across Word Documents
- SonicWall Vulnerability Alert: Our Products are Safe
- Manage Your Company Passwords Securely
- Create Your Own Reusable Functions with Excel LAMBDA
- Happy New Year From Weston!
- Gift Giving This Holiday Season
- Tech Tip: Excel Watch Window
- Adjust Kerning (Letter Spacing) in Word
- Trickbot Ransomware: You Still Need to Watch Out
- Custom Outlook Alerts for Important Emails
- Giving Thanks
- COVID 19 Update
- Improving Your Remote Workforce
- Tech Tip: Add Another Monitor to Your Laptop
- Tips for Buying a New Mouse and Keyboard
- Use Vector Images in Office Apps For Higher Quality Documents
- How Long Does It Take To Hack Your Password?
- Project Moca: The New Outlook Today
- New Features Coming to OneDrive
- More Teams Features Announced at Microsoft Ignite
- New Teams Features: More Whiteboarding Functionality
- Watch Out for COVID 19 Loan Relief Scam
- How To Create Outlook Templates
- Outlook Signatures Saved To The Cloud
- Potential Outlook Troubles Coming in October
- New Teams Features: Spotlight, Breakout, New Meeting Experience
- Microsoft Introduces Teams Together Mode
- Perfect Your PowerPoint Presentation with Presenter Coach
- New Features Roll Out To Microsoft Lists and Microsoft To-Do
- You Should Be Using MFA On Your Office 365 Accounts
- OneNote and OneDrive Phishing Scams
- Hurricane and COVID-related Phishing Scams
- Adjust Your Windows Startup Programs
- Office Tip: Pin Your Files and Folders For Easier Access
- Outlook on Public Wi-Fi Just Got Easier
- Call into a Microsoft Teams Meeting With a Telephone
- Handy New Chrome Feature: Color-coded Chrome Tab Groups
- Mileage Tracking App, Included with Office 365
- Easier Sharing of SharePoint and OneDrive Links in Outlook
- Synchronize Changes in PowerPoint While Presenting
- New Microsoft Teams Features
- Customize Your Video Background In Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Teams Quick Start Guide
- Meet a Team Member: Josh Jones
- Meet a Team Member: Eric Urgello
- New Microsoft Power Toys Released
- Microsoft Changes Names of Some Office 365 Plans
- Cleaning and Sanitizing Your Computers
- All Remote, All The Time
- These Are Unprecedented Times
- Is That Port USB-C or Thunderbolt?
- Create Animated GIFs in PowerPoint
- Is Your Computer On Its Last Legs?
- Tech Tip: Windows Key Shortcuts
- Weston is now a Datto Enterprise Partner
- Is Your IT Support Secure?
- Emotet Malware Alert
- What is Windows 10’s Timeline?
- Windows 7 is Now Officially End-of-Support
- Meet a Team Member: Mark Cimoli
- Happy New Year From Weston!
- Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Weston
- 2019 Gift Guide For Geeks
- Watch Out for Spear Phishing
- Watch Out for Office Sales Scams
- A New Microsoft PowerToy: PowerRename
- Giving Thanks
- Desktop vs Laptop Computers
- Intel i3 vs i5 vs i7 vs i9
- Office 2019 vs Office 365
- Tech Tip: Taming Runaway Tabs in Chrome
- New Office Feature: Word Rewrite
- New Office 365 Feature: XLOOKUP Function for Excel
- The First Microsoft Powertoys for Windows 10 Are Here
- Tech Terms Defined: Dark Web and Deep Web
- Windows 10 for Windows 7 Users
- Chrome Removing HTTPS and WWW from Address Bar
- Tech Tip: Windows 10 Emoji Picker
- Tech Tip: Keeping the Leading Zeros in Excel
- Weston is Now an Official Surface Reseller
- Office 365 Activation Changes
- Meet a Team Member: Hagen Boyd
- Windows Desktop and Server End-of-Life is Coming
- Tech Tip: Sketchy Line Options in Office
- Has It Really Been 25 Years?
- Storm Season Is Here, Is Your Battery Backup Ready?
- Meet A Team Member: Brynna McFarlane
- Tech Tip: The Windows 10 Taskbar Tips and Tricks
- Tech Tip: Excel Formatting Shortcuts to Pretty-Up Your Spreadsheets
- Scary Phishing Method: The Inception Bar
- Tech Tip: Improve Your PowerPoint Skills
- Which Office 365 Plan is Right For Your Company?
- Tech Tip: Adjust Spelling and Grammar Settings in Office
- Insert Icons into Your Word Documents
- Microsoft Power Toys Are Back
- Two-Factor Authentication for Office 365
- How To Schedule Email Sending in Outlook
- 6 Tips to Speed Up Your Chrome Browser Experience
- Weston is Moving!
- 8 Tips to Extend Your Laptop Battery Life
- Microsoft Teams Tips – Smarter Conversations
- Tech Tip: Convert a Photo to an Excel Worksheet
- Windows Server 2008 and SBS 2011 End Of Life is Coming Soon
- Microsoft Wants You to Stop Using Internet Explorer
- Thunderbolt vs USB 3.1 using USB-C – How Does It All Work?
- Microsoft 365 vs Office 365 – What Is Right for My Business?
- Office 365 Updates to Make Work Easier
- Windows “Run” Commands You Should Know
- Worst Passwords of 2018
- 2018 Year in Review
- Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Weston
- Friday Fun with Briefcase
- CompleteCare Direct Support
- Weston is Now a SonicWall Silver Partner
- Thoughts And Prayers with Anchorage
- Was Your Computer Hacked? Probably Not
- Skype For Business is Transitioning to Teams
- WestonID Is Here: Login with Your Fingerprint
- Food For Feedback Winner: Tower Theatre
- Weston Holiday Schedule
- Giving Thanks
- Windows 7 End-of-Life Is Coming – Time To Start Planning
- Don’t Lose Your Work: Save to SharePoint or OneDrive and Auto-Save
- Weston Redesigns Its Website
- Saving Passwords in Your Browser: Is It Safe?
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Watterson Construction
- Saving Thumbnails for your Office Documents
- Using OneNote for a Better Bookshelf
- Editing Subject of Received Outlook Messages
- Don’t Pay for the Password Blackmail Scam (But Do Change Your Passwords)
- Speed Up Your Windows 10 Computer
- New Updates for Microsoft Office
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: ASI Wealth Management
- Tech Tip: Number Your Pages in Microsoft Word
- USB-C Is Great – But Also Not So Great
- How Server Virtualization Can Help Your Business
- We’re Hiring
- Tech Terms Explained: Memory vs Hard Drive
- How To Test Your Internet Speeds
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Capstone Wealth Management Group
- Tech Tip: Free Up Disk Space in Windows
- FYI: Servers and Water Don’t Mix
- Tech Terms Explained: File Extensions
- New Menu Design Coming to Office
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Safe & Sound
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Safe & Sound
- Friday Fun: Law & Order in PowerPoint
- Meet a Team Member: Joshua Simone
- Your Router And Russian Malware
- Manager Reading Material
- New Features for Outlook
- Chrome to Drop “Secure” Label for Websites
- New “Pro” Fonts in Windows 10
- More Powerful Screenshot Features Coming to Windows 10
- Tech Terms Explained: Modem, Router, Firewall
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Tri-County Paving
- Microsoft Begins Phase Out of OneNote 2016 Desktop App
- New Breach Notification Laws May Affect You
- Windows 10 Editions Explained
- Tech Tip: Printing in Excel – Scaling and Repeating Rows and Columns
- Tech Tip: Spotting Malicious Links
- Keep Yourself Secure on Public WiFi
- Friday Fun: Six Degrees of Wikipedia
- Tech Tip: Adjusting your Windows 10 Privacy Settings
- Watch Out for Invoice Scams
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: VR Analytical
- Tech Tip: Control Excel Printing with Page Breaks
- Get a HIPAA BAA from Microsoft for Office 365
- Friday Fun: Old Computers Are Fast, and Random Pizza
- This Month’s Food-for-Feedback Winner: Safe & Sound
- Learn How to Use Office 365 and All Its Apps
- A Scanner In Your Pocket with Office Lens
- New Malware Detection At Record High
- Meltdown and Spectre Alert
- Happy New Year From Weston!
- Happy Holidays From All Of Us At Weston
- 2017 Gift Guide for Geeks
- New Translation Features in Microsoft Word
- Keep an Eye Out for Phishing Attacks
- You Like Doughnuts, Right?
- Giving Thanks on #GivingTuesday
- How Weston CompleteCare Helps Protect Your Business From Cyber Threats
- Friday Fun with Plant Care
- Another Reminder To Encrypt and Properly Decommission your Laptops
- Tech Tip: Remember Ctrl-Shift-T to Get Your Tabs Back
- KRACK Attacks Wireless Vulnerability
- Friday Fun with Weather Patterns
- Friday Fun with Postal Regulations
- Collaborating on Microsoft Office Documents with Office 365
- Windows 10 Pro Workstation Edition – What is it?
- Replace your Windows Image Viewer with Irfanview
- CCleaner Hacked – What You Need To Know
- Tech Tip: Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts
- Remember the Basics to Prevent Data Breaches
- Healthcare Business Continuity: Make Sure Your IT Infrastructure is Ready
- Tech Tip: Using Flash in Google Chrome
- NIST Updates Password Advice
- Happy Labor Day
- Upcoming Eclipse May Cause On-Site Delays
- Friday Fun: The History Of the IBM PC
- 5 Ways Your Technology Can Go Down and How to Avoid Them
- 3 Ways To Easily Control Two Computers From One Keyboard, Mouse, and Monitor
- Introducing WestonSecureMobile, Powered by MaaS360
- HIPAA’s Wall of Shame Has Been Redesigned
- Upcoming Customer Survey
- Friday Fun: Not Windows 95, but Windows 93
- Happy Independence Day from Weston
- Friday Fun: Impossible Volume Controls
- Tech Tip: Add More Monitors to Increase Desktop Real Estate and Productivity
- Tech Tip: Set Apps to Run Full Screen Automatically
- Tech Tip: Freezing Rows and Columns in Excel
- Office 2007 Support Ends Soon
- Petya Ransomware Outbreak
- Friday Fun With Wikipedia
- Friday Fun with the Beatles
- Protect Your Online Accounts with Two-Factor Authentication
- Simple Calculations in OneNote
- Solid-State Drive (SSD) versus Traditional Hard Drive – What’s the Difference?
- WannaCry Ransomware Outbreak
- Recovering From Ransomware with Disaster Recovery Solutions
- Get Outlook Reminders by Text Message
- Should Your IT Service Provider Be Local?
- Have You Signed BAAs with your Vendors?
- Microsoft Word Vulnerability
- Get Motivated for Your Next Workout With the Help of a Netflix Coach
- Lose Your Phone? Tips to Help You Find It
- Need New Tech But Don’t Have Immediate Funds? There Are Options
- World Backup Day
- Weston Awarded Microsoft Certifications
- New Malware Targeting Both Apple and Microsoft Operating Systems
- News to Ponder: You could violate HIPAA by replying to An Online Review
- Are your Employees Putting Your Company’s Security At Risk?
- Revoke Access to Old Employees, Or You Could Get Fined
- Don’t Fall for “Font Not Found” Warnings in Chrome
- Support Habitat for Humanity reStore, Help Them Get a new Paint Job
- Weston Is Hiring
- New Customer Feedback Options
- Online Payments Now Available
- HIPAA Headlines, News, and Notes
- Have an Amazon Echo? Channel Your Inner “Star Trek” Nerd
- Email Out of Control? Six Tips to Tame Your Inbox
- Tech Tip: Connecting to Wifi that Requires Logon or Hotspot Agreement Page
- Privacy Policy
- 2016 Gift Guide for Geeks
- Microsoft eBooks Full Of Tips
- HIPAA Risk Assessments are Not Optional
- Hospital Shuts Down Operations for Five Days Because of Ransomware
- Weston Holiday Office Schedule
- Healthcare Data Breaches are on the Rise
- Giving Thanks
- Microsoft Office Tips Galore
- Avoid “Budget Forecast” Emails
- End Of The Year is Coming Soon – Plan Your End of Year Projects Now
- Weston’s Anchorage Office is Moving
- HIPAA News You Can Use
- Tweaking Your WestonBlock Settings
- Need A Durable Tablet or Phone Case? We’ve Got Them
- If You Use Dropbox, You Need To Read This
- Internet Issues In Central Oregon
- If You Get Ransomware, it Could be a Reportable HIPAA Breach
- Macro-Enabled Word and Excel Files Are Bad News
- Our Clients Say It Best
- Save Your Fingers In Outlook using Quick Parts
- Windows 7 Machines Are Still Available – for a Cost
- Simple Protections Could Have Prevented Massive HIPAA Fine for OHSU
- New PowerPoint 2016 Features Make Presentations Awesome
- Lost Your WiFi Password? Some Tips to Help You Find It
- Security Headlines for the Month
- Healthcare Company? Cure Your IT Ailments with Business Continuity
- Weston Featured as a Top Microsoft Partner
- Microsoft Tech Support Scams on the Rise
- Last Chance to Purchase Windows 7 Machines
- Weston Technology Solutions Awarded Additional Microsoft Certifications
- What To Do About Windows 10?
- Direct Service for CompleteCare Clients
- Your Old Surge Protector Might Be a Fire Hazard
- Business Profile: Hospice of Redmond
- 10+ Things to Consider When Buying a Computer for your Business
- Get Off My Lawn, Young Whippersnapper
- Tech Tip: Finding a Lost Word Document
- Upgrade Your Documentation with Screenshots
- Remove QuickTime From Your Windows PC
- Is Your UPS Up To The Task?
- Tech Tip: Stop Windows 10 From Sending Updates to Other PCs Over the Internet
- Tech Tip: How Can You Verify An E-mail Is Valid?
- Is Your Office Tech Ready For Remote Workers?
- Tech Tip: Spring Cleaning Your Computer and Workspace
- Windows 8.0 End Of Life Is Here
- Tech Tip: Sharing Your Outlook Calendar with Co-workers
- Changes to WestonBlock Are Coming
- Microsoft Announces End-of-Life for Internet Explorer 8, 9 and 10
- Hackers are Targeting Your Small Business, Too
- Here are the Worst passwords — is yours on list?
- Tech Tip: Insert Special Characters from Foreign Languages
- Watch Out For Phishing Scam Emails This Holiday Season
- News Headlines for December
- 2015 Gift Guide for Geeks
- Weston Holiday Office Schedule
- #GivingTuesday: Join us in supporting a great cause
- Supporting Hospice of Redmond’s Festival of Trees
- Business Profile: La Pine Community Health Center
- Join Us at the Ronald McDonald House Striped Sock Walk
- Office 2016 Is Officially Here – Should You Upgrade?
- Tech Tip: What is Office 365 Clutter and How Do I Disable It?
- Tech Headlines for The Month
- Test Your Internet Security IQ
- Feature Your Business Here
- Microsoft Email Blacklist Issue
- A Change In How Weston Processes Tickets
- Weston’s Anchorage Office Is Moving
- Tech Headlines for The Month
- How Weston Interprets Important HIPAA Regulations
- Free Seminar: Digital Liability in a Regulated World: Risks And Solutions
- Meet a Team Member: Brock McFarlane
- Tech Headlines for The Month
- Changes at BendBroadband
- Tech Tip: Outlook Keyboard Shortcuts
- Another Layer of Protection: OpenDNS
- Patch Released for Critical Windows Vulnerability
- Meet a Team Member: Greg Freeman
- Tech Headlines for The Month
- Tech Tip: Outlook Email AutoComplete Gotchas
- What Your Business Needs to Know About Windows 10
- Meet a Team Member: Dharma Chappell
- Windows Server 2003 Deadline Coming Soon
- Tech Headlines for the Month
- Sonicwall SSL VPN or standard PPTP VPN: Which to use?
- Tip Of The Month: Use Your Mouse To Its Fullest Potential
- Weston Goes Golfing (We’re Much Better With Technology)
- Tech Tip: Control your PowerPoint Presentation with your SmartPhone
- News Headlines and Links
- Meet a Team Member: Eric Spinney
- Welcome To The Team: Dharma Chappell
- Passphrase vs. Passwords
- Minimize Office Down Time with Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions
- Work on Duplicate Word/Excel Files Frequently? Quickly Open a Copy!
- Archive Your Company’s Email To Protect Your Business
- News Headlines and Links
- When Your Server Is Down, Can You Still Access Email?
- News Headlines and Links
- HIPAA-regulated and Use Office365? Get your BAA from Microsoft
- Is the Cloud For You?
- January Tech News Tidbits
- New Year’s Technology Resolutions
- Un-patched Systems Can Get Expensive
- Full Environment Firewall Protection, One Monthly Fee
- Meet a Team Member: Eric Udland
- Happy Holidays From Weston
- Gift Guide for Geeks, By Geeks
- Meet a Team Member: Jeff Boucher
- #GivingTuesday: Join us in supporting a great cause
- Windows 2003 Server Is Nearing End Of Life – Are You Ready?
- Weston Holiday Schedule
- Help protect yourself from CryptoWall 2.0
- Email Encryption: Seal The Envelope from Prying Eyes
- Tech Tip: Too Many Passwords!
- Help Us Renew the ReStore for Bend Habitat for Humanity
- Managed Patching: Why You Need To Properly Plan Your Patching Routine
- Meet a Team Member: Jake Ortman
- What is Office 365 and How Does It Affect You?
- What a Sewer Failure Reminded Me About Why We Do Things The Way We Do
- Meet a Team Member: Rebecca Clover
- Are You Ready For Power Issues This Summer?
- Come Celebrate 20 Years With Us!
- WestonBlock is getting an upgrade!
- Learn From Our Example: Disaster Planning | Disaster Recovery Plan
- Let Weston HelpDesk Help Your Business Technology Needs
- Meet a Team Member: Jeffrey Schilpp
- Using Lync To Connect With Your Office
- Disk Encryption: Your HIPAA “Get Out Of Jail” Free Card
- Introducing Weston Data Protection Services
- Let Weston Help You With Your HIPAA Compliance Training
- Tech Tip: Rebuilding SkyDrive/OneDrive Cache to Fix Sync Issues
- Meet a Team Member: Dylan Brooks
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability Alert
- Heartbleed Bug — Should You Be Concerned?
- Weston’s Bend Office Is Moving
- XP Support Ends Soon — What Is Your Plan?
- What Should I Do With Our Old Electronics?
- Free Seminar: Digital Liability in a Regulated World: Risks And Solutions
- Goals for 2014
- $20,000 for Charity and You Can Help Make it $40,000
- If You Use MSIE 9 or 10, Make Sure You’re Protected
- Celebrating 20 Years Serving Your IT Needs
- Weston Technology Solutions Acquires Business Information Technology Solutions, Inc.
- What to do about Windows 8
- Let’s Talk Tablets
- How Safe is Your Email?
- Slow Computer? Increase your memory to boost computer Speeds
- What is your Identity Worth to You?
- Disaster Recovery and Why it Matters to Your Business
- 5 Tips for Saving Money on your IT